Oana Ijdelea is the founder and managing partner of Ijdelea & Asociații. With 20 years of experience as a business lawyer, she routinely advises clients on the most challenging and strategic matters involving C-Suite decision making related to their investments, projects and operations in Romania, and boasts a notable track record of successfully leading significant advocacy efforts, spanning across a wide spectrum of industries.

Throughout her career, Oana has been involved in complex project development and business transactions performed in some of the most highly-regulated sectors, where compliance with the law and applicable regulations is most critical, most closely-monitored, and most strictly enforced. She is recognized as a substantial contributor to the drafting of legislation regulating a broad range of industries and areas, as well as to the transposing of EU legislation into domestic law.

Oana's expertise is complemented by a multifaceted board experience, covering strategic energy companies (Black Sea Oil & Gas), industry associations (The Romanian Wind Energy Association and The Energy Employer's Federation), professional bodies (The National Union of Romanian Bars) and NGOs (HOSPICE - Casa Sperantei and The Friends of the National Museum of Art of Romania).